Babysitting

I watched Ty the whole school year on Wednesdays and Thursdays and it was great. Sam and him got along so great and kept each other busy. In April Neil kind of roped me into watching our neighbor boy whose almost 4 everyday. This was not so easy. He is an only child and did not know how to play with other kids and he also had different interests than my kids. It was hard because I watched him everyday. If you know me I need to take a nap at least once if not twice a week but because I watched him I could not lie down and I was always so tired and dragging, a huge reason my house was a complete disaster constantly. I just didn't have the energy. I have a hard time saying no to people who ask me to watch their kids. Like I've said before I'm the neighborhood babysitter. At least 50% of the time I've got someone else's kids here. I just feel so bad for all these mom's who have to work. I'm blessed that I don't have to. We sacrifice a lot as a family so I can stay home but I wouldn't want it any other way. Sometimes I think if I could just teach part time we could have a nice van, or buy a wii with all the cool games and accessories or legos or a big screen tv or go on more vacations or eat out more but when I put it in perspective all those things really don't matter that much to me. I'm happy and my kids are happy. I love being at home and playing with kids and teaching them. I hate all the housework however. My neighbor would like to watch her son again next year and I'm not sure what I'm going to do.